Improvement in back-supports for bath-tubs



E. F. w. EISENMANN.

BACK-SUPPORTS FORBATH-TU'BS.

IPat'ented May 23; 1876.

WITNESSES:

ATTUBNEYS.

N. PETERS, PNOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHlNGTdN. D. a

loss of the pins.

* UNITED STATES PATENT 4 OFFICE.

EMIL F. W. EISENMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN'BACK-SUPPORTS FOR BATH-TUBS Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,700, dated May 23, 1876; application filed April 4, 1876.

section of a bath-tub with my improved adjustable back-support,on line 0 c, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to adapt the present bath-tub, ina neat and comfortable manner, for the use 'of ladies, children, and invalids, by means ot' anu elegantand readilyadjusted device; and the invention cons s s of "a back support or cushion, attached tolatefil webbing suspended by straps from side rods of the tub, the silpgfirjlilejgfadjjfsztablealong the supporting-rods by stop pih 's.

1n the drawing, A represents a bath-tub of the common; 'size, to which "are applied 'on supporting-posts at th e'upper'part of'thesides of the tubfstrong rodsiB that e' gt end from a point near the head of the tub to about the middle part of the same, iThefijQe rods B are divided by pins a, seated in holes o'ftliToTls, and at suitable distance from each other, into a number of equal parts, the pins being, preferably, connected by top chains 1), which are attached to one of the posts to prevent the The rods and pins serve to adjust the suspension-straps 0 near to, or farther away from, the head of the tub, as desired by the person using the tub. The suspendingstraps G are connected laterally across the tub by suitable bands or webbing O, to which the back-support or air-cushion D, of rubber or other material, is attached. The straps O admit the adjustment-of the'support at greater r and neat attachment to the bath-tubs in private houses, hotels, and public baths,

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I v 1. A back-support for bathtubs, combined with means or devices for attaching it to the tub, and allowing adjustment thereof, substantially as shown and'described.

2. The combination, with longitudinal side rods of the tub, having retaining-pins, of the adjustable back support or cushion, applied to lateral suspension-straps, substantially as specified.

' EMIL F. W. EISENMANN. Witnesses;

PAUL GoEPEL, I ALEX. E'ROBERTS. 

